Humanitarian aid
Countries Pledge $1.1bn To Avert Yemen Famine
Countries around the world Tuesday pledged more than one billion dollars to help prevent a looming famine in war-torn...
Nine African Countries To Participate At the Annual Africa Energy Forum In Copenhagen
African Ministries from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gabon, Madagascar,...
Diarrhoea Kills More Than 500 In Somalia Since January
Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit...
More Than 100 Million People To Face Severe Food Insecurity
Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food...
Hungry S.Sudanese ‘eat Leaves and Seeds To Survive’
South Sudanese villagers are eating leaves from trees and precious seed stocks as food runs out in areas where famine...
Vigilantes Can Turn Terrorists – Nigerian Professor Cautions
A Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Isaac Olawale Albert, has advised...
Over 3,600 Children Gain Access To Christmas School
Over 3,600 out-of-school children in 32 communities where schools do not exist in the East Gonja District of the...
Somalia Faces Major Cholera Outbreak
The United Nations has raised alarm over a major outbreak of cholera in southern Somalia. Aid groups are already...
UN Chief Urges Arabs To Unite Against Syria War
UN chief Antonio Guterres called on Arab leaders Tuesday to set aside their differences to confront Syria's six-year...
Number of Kenyans Going Hungry Doubles To 3 Mn
The number of Kenyans needing emergency food aid has doubled in the past three months to three million, the Red Cross...
Six Aid Workers Killed In An Ambush In South Sudan
Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in famine-hit South Sudan, the United Nations said on Sunday, without...
South Sudan Attack ‘could Hinder Aid Deliveries’
Aid agencies say the “shocking” killing of six aid workers in South Sudan on Saturday is causing them to re-assess...
Finland Allocates $20 Million To Famine-Hit African Countries
The Finnish government has allocated over EUR 18 million (over $20 million) to five famine-hit African countries at...
Sudan To Open New Cross-Border Corridor For Aid Delivery To South Sudan
The Sudanese government has pledged to open a new corridor to South Sudan for swift delivery of humanitarian aid to the...
Six Aid Workers Killed In South Sudan Ambush
Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in South Sudan, the UN said Sunday, the latest such attack in the country...
Third of Yemen Provinces On Brink of Famine
A third of Yemen's 22 provinces are on the brink of famine, the UN said Friday, warning that 60 percent of the...
Salva Kiir Is Ignoring Famine
Guterres called for South Sudan's leaders to do more to help the 7.5 million in need of aid Secretary General Guterres...
Death Trap Storey Building At Agona Swedru Texaco
The breakdown or collapse of buildings in the country in contemporary times has become extremely disquieting, because...
Food Insecurity ‘widespread’ In North Korea
Chronic food shortages and malnutrition are widespread in North Korea, a UN-led report said, as a senior official...